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| Feng Shui: A Practical Guide for Architects and Designers | 
 enlarge | Authors: Vincent Smith, Barbara Lyons Stewart
Publisher: Kaplan Business
Category: Book
List Price: $39.95
Buy New: $29.08
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 489453
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 7.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 1419535706
Dewey Decimal Number: 133.3337
EAN: 9781419535703
ASIN: 1419535706
Publication Date: April 1, 2006
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What do Citibank, the Wall Street Journal, and the Donald Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts have in common? They all have used the universal principles of feng shui, the traditional Chinese discipline of spatial energies, to improve their environments and enhance their businesses. In the past few years, feng shui has crossed cultures to become an effective tool for the nation's top architects and designers—and their clients. Feng Shui: A Practical Guide for Architects and Designers by Vincent M. Smith with Barbara Lyons Stewart is the very first book geared specifically to the architectural and design disciplines. This useful guide equips architects and designers with the tools to create well-designed, comfortable environments that enhance clients’ lives. The authors present a history of feng shui, explain its fundamental principles of balance and energy flow, emphasize how these principles are applicable to any architectural style or setting, and connect the theory of feng shui to environmental psychology. Design professionals learn how feng shui practice can help guide the selection of sites, building layout, materials, finishes, landscaping, graphics, lighting, and color. The''ll also find clear plans for a wide range of projects, including residential, commercial, corporate, health care, and hospitality. Highlights: - Why feng shui can be used to increase productivity and reduce stress
- How to use feng shui for selecting residential or commercial building sites
- How to avoid or correct mistakes in space planning and design
- How to apply feng shui principles to a wide variety of projects
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Practical, useful Feng Shui for professionals November 11, 2008
Feng Shui is full of common-sense ideas that sometimes get lost in the more "mystical" aspects in the popular imagination. As the title says, this book is meant for architects and interior designers; it's not for beginners. But if you have some proficiency with Feng Shui and want to learn more about its practical applications as well as the theory behind it, you will find those things here. Intelligent, straightforward, useful.
It's worth the money December 16, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
There are many Feng Shui books on the market. I own quite a few myself. That is for sure. This one belongs to the better ones. I like it a lot. It helped me to become aware of different spaces I visit and it expanded my understanding of this complex subject. It is useful even if you work only with your home.
I'd recommend it warmly.
Only one thing irritates me: the way they print the W in the figures. Wall looks something like KJal. But hey, it's a minor issue. I can definitely live with it.
Interesting and well done August 31, 2006
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
Without trying to make the reader an expert at Feng Shui this book clearly explains important principles of good design from placement of doors to colors and placement of art. A fascinating read at a basic level, it does not delving into the complexities of Feng Shui but make the basic ideas easy to understand and apply. The book includes an interesting section on how furniture placement creates effective doorways and passageways in the room and makes the house more inviting or hinders access. The authors examine various applications including residential and office environments. Feng Shui: A Practical Guide for Architects and Designers is easily one of the most approachable and immediately usable books on Feng Shui that I have read and one of the few that I can actually call an enjoyable read.
Not to be missed June 22, 2006
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
Feng Shui expert Vincent M. Smith works with architect Barbara Lyons Stewart to produce the first book written for design pros interested in practical applications of Feng Shui. Here are basic principles tailored not for the new age consumer but for the practicing architect who wants to build them and hard-wire them into structures. From learning which designs reduce stress and increase productivity to using feng shui concepts for selecting initial building sites for homes or businesses, FENG SHUI: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS is not to be missed.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
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